The Arizona sentinel., 1887-06-11
HOME AND FARM.

Salt at the root of plum trees is advocated for diminishing curculio.
 The juice of half lemon in a glass of water, without sugar, will frequent ly cure a sick headache.
 Make some pastures with tight fences so as to give the hogs good pasturage. .-PrGirie Farmer.
 Any old field planted in corn, fer tilized in the hill. and afterward sown in peas, will double in yielding capacity the following season.
 Care of Cutlery: Iron rust may be removed by mixing salt with lemon juice or wetting salt with hot vitriol. - Farm, FieId and Stockman.
 Beetles often initiate hornets, since the latter are insects to which birds in search of animal food prefer to give a very wide berth. CincinrtGti Times
 Two apples kept in tin cake-box will keep moderately rich cake moist a great length of time, if the apples are renewed when withered. .-Fdrm and Preside
 An experienced bee-keeper states that if honey be placed while hot in glass jars and the jars sealed the honey will not candy, which is difficulty to be avoided.
 For lame sheep apply the follow ing with swab on q stick: M uriatic acid, two ounces; butyr of antimony, two ounces; white vitriol, one ounce. Pulverize and mix.
 Lemon Pie: The pulp of two lemons cut in slices, the grated rind of one, one cup each of sugar and water, and one-half cup of flour; bake with two crusts. .-HouSehold
 Watch for the "currant worm;'' whenever ragged leaves appear, syringe with white hellebore, a table, spoonful of the powder to pailful of water; repeat in five days.
 As soon as the small webs are seen in the trees, remove them. Daily jar ring the plum trees, and catching the curculios on sheets, is the only way to treat this insect. Cincinnati Times.
 Sheep graze very closely, and should not be allowed on grass that is backward in growth or where the field is not well covered, unless such grass be undesirable. -St Louis Republican.
 Fruit growing by itself is usually profitable, but combined with poultry farming would be still more so. as the ground would be used for two pur- poses instead of one.-Americdn Poul- try Journal
 Grass is the foundation of success in farming. It assists during the process of rotation to improve the soil, and en- ables more and better stock to be kept. The farmer who succeeds in securing a good hay crop has won half the battle. -IndianapOlis Journal.
 Horses put to hard work will al- most surely show puffy spots under the harness, which will soon make bad gals if neglected. Lift the harness and bathe the spots with cold water when the teams rest, and at evening. Make sure that collars, especially, fit ! well and are smooth and hard.
 To Prepare Your Own Cocoanut: Crate and spread on plates; allow six tablespoons of sugar t. one nut; set near the stove, stirring often until dry, 1 which takes about one and one-half . days. Pack in cocoanut cans, close tight, and set away; far nicer than the that you buy.-Home and FGrm.
 Paper may be stuck to flower pots in this way: Use thin paper for label, and attach with white gelatine in solu- tion, to which has been added one per cent. of bichromate of potash. This must be done in dark or obscure room. Then expose the labels to sum- fight. After writing, varnish with solution of shellac in alcohol.
 Rye Drop Cakes: Two cups sour milk; one egg, well beaten; one tea spoonful soda, dissolved in boiling wa CT; enough rye meal for batter that will spread easily on the griddlc. Mix ogether the milk. meal and egg, add he soda and beat thoroughly. Bake on a hot griddle, or in rem pans well oiled; if in gem pans he oven must be hot and the cakes hould bake about half an hour. Dos. on BzLdOet